Thames Water’s real-time map confirms raw sewage discharges
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Effluent in Gloucestershire river pinpointed by digital map as water companies accused of routinely pumping out waste to riversThe market ...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/23/thames-waters-real-time-map-raw-sewage-discharges-rivers

‘Symbol of our pride’: Newcastle city council vows to restore Tyne Bridge
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Leaders hope work will be completed in time for bridge’s centenary in 2028 despite rising costs and new complicationsTo say one of Britain’s best-loved bridges is in a sorry state might be an understatement.The ...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/23/tyne-bridge-restoration-newcastle-city-council

Look at how the 1% are doing right now, and tell me the system isn’t rigged | Nesrine Malik
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The world’s super-rich have amassed so much wealth since the pandemic that even a Tory mi...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/23/system-rigged-inequality-pandemic-despair-super-rich

Mark my words: this will be the end of the NHS if the Tories have their way | Gordon Brown
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They are now openly contemplating a more privately funded healthcare system. It wouldn’t just be unfair, it makes no economic senseSavid Javid, a former chancellor and health secretary, has wri...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/23/nhs-tories-privately-funded-healthcare

‘Brexit has lost us 25% of sales’: British bike storage firm buckles under red tape
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Cycloc says ‘Kafkaesque’ rules have cost it £100,000 in latest tale of how EU exit is harming small firmsA Britis...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/23/brexit-has-lost-us-25-of-sales-british-bike-storage-firm-buckles-under-red-tape

Antidepressants can cause ‘emotional blunting’, study shows
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Volunteers less responsive to positive and negative feedback after course of serotonin-controlling drugsWidely used antidepressants cause “emotional blunting”, according to research that offers new insights into how the drugs may work and their possible ...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/23/antidepressants-emotional-blunting-study

UK will be 15 years late in hitting £1tn annual export target, figures show
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Exclusive: forecasts predict exports will fall to £707bn next year and ta...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/22/uk-will-be-15-years-late-in-hitting-1tn-annual-export-target-figures-show

Ghislaine Maxwell calls Prince Andrew photo with Virginia Giuffre ‘a fake’
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Former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein questions authenticity of infamous 2001 photograph during interview from Florida prisonGhislaine Maxwell has questioned the authenticity of a photograph th...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/22/ghislaine-maxwell-prince-andrew-photo-virginia-giuffre-epstein

Ian Black, former Guardian Middle East editor, dies aged 69
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Black, who was also a former diplomatic and European editor, had a rare neurological disease and wrote moving account of his illnessIan Black, the Guardian’s former Middle East editor, has died aged 69. He had a rare ...

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jan/22/ian-black-former-guardian-middle-east-editor-dies

Lunar new year and an icy lake – the weekend’s best photos
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The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world ...

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2023/jan/22/lunar-new-year-and-an-icy-lake-the-weekends-best-photos

Boris Johnson makes surprise trip to Ukraine
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Former PM says it is ‘privilege’ show solidarity after being invited by Volodymyr ZelenskiyRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesBoris Johnson has made a surprise visit to Ukraine, saying it was a “privilege” to be there t...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/22/boris-johnson-makes-surprise-trip-to-ukraine

Joseph Stiglitz: tax high earners at 70% to tackle widening inequality
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Nobel-prizewinning economist calls for new top rate of income tax and 2-3% wealth tax on fortunesJoseph Stiglitz, the Nobel prize-winning Keyne...

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/jan/22/joseph-stiglitz-economist-income-tax-high-earners-70-per-cent-inequality

Ludicrous ideas, perpetual scandal: the Conservatives are in absolute freefall | John Harris
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The force that once considered itself the natural party of government has become a cult of bitterness and denialYou may not have heard of Nat Wei, AKA Lord Wei of Shoredit...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/tories-policy-conservative-party-government

Setting pulses racing: the Reading scientists perfecting broad bean bread
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By making their nutritious bread taste like normal white loaves, scientists aim to help disadvantagedIt’s creamy-white in colour with a deep brown crust. It has a mild floury taste but with a mor...

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jan/22/setting-pulses-racing-the-reading-scientists-perfecting-broad-bean-bread

‘I was gaslit by my own force’: female police report ‘systemic’ abuse by male officers
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In wake of David Carrick verdict, women from England and Wales come forward to report mental, physical and professional tollDespite having been a police officer and also married to one, Helen ...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/22/gaslit-by-my-own-force-female-police-report-systemic-abuse-by-male-officers

Thanks to Nadhim Zahawi, the Tories’ bar of shame has reached new depths | Stewart Lee
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The chair of the Conservative party has had to cough up millions of pounds he owed in tax after a dispute with HMRC over an offshore family trustI was extremely surprised l...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/thanks-to-nadhim-zahawi-the-tories-bar-of-shame-has-reached-new-depths

Cleverly ‘doesn’t know’ if Zahawi was under tax investigation as chancellor
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Foreign secretary also says he has no idea whether BBC chair helped Boris Johnson arrange guarantee on loanJames Cleverly has said he does not know whether Nadhim Zahawi was inves...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/22/james-cleverly-nadhim-zahawi-tax-investigation-bbc-chair-boris-johnson

Who was Beethoven’s mysterious Elise? Historian concludes she never existed
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The identity of the muse for Für Elise has long puzzled experts. A new book suggests it was named by someone else, after the composer’s deathIt is one of clas...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/22/beethovens-fur-elise-historian-concludes-she-never-existedus-elise-historian-concludes-she-never-existed

This attempt to cut the pay of public servants offends a basic British sense of fairness | Will Hutton
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The revered philosopher John Rawls had it right: most citizens believ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/this-attempt-to-cut-the-pay-of-public-servants-offends-a-basic-british-sense-of-fairness

Big Issue struggling to stay afloat amid cost of living crisis, says founder
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John Bird calls on government to curb surge in homelessness by preventing eviction of tenants who cannot pay their rentThe Big Issue narrowly avoided going bust during the pandemic, its founder has said, as sales con...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/22/big-issue-struggling-to-stay-afloat-cost-of-living-crisis